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Six illustrations to 'The Book of Kings'

Unknown artist, 1486

The Whitworth, Manchester

6 Persian drawings of the Timaurid style illustrating the manuscript of the book of Kings of Shah-Nama, the epic of Firdausi (a copy in the British Museum). Subjects: violence, cooking and kings conversing. 1) Rustum Killing a Dragon; 2) An Execution; 3) Archer Shooting an Arrow at a Mounted Warrior; 4) Two Kings in a Landscape; 5) Rustum Cooking a Meal with a Turnspit; 6) Knights in Combat.

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Title of artwork, date

Six illustrations to 'The Book of Kings', 1486

Date supported

1934

Dimensions

12 x 14 cm

Grant

30

Total cost

30

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